Volatile Components of the Essential Oils in the Pulp of Four Yellow Mangoes (Mangifera indica L.) in Thailand

Abstract

The composition of essential oil from yellow Thai mangoes, Keaw cultivars and other yellow Thai mango cultivars (Ok-rong, Nam Dorkmai and Choak Anand) was analyzed by GC and GC-MS. Yellow Keaw mangoes contained terpinolene as the main volatile, and (Z)-3-hexen-1-ol, 2,5-dimethyl-4-methoxy-3-(2H)-furanone and (E)-2-hexenal as the major oxygenated compounds. Ok-rong and Choak Anand mangoes possessed a similar compositional pattern of volatile components to that of the yellow Keaw cultivar. The volatile composition of those mangoes showed a similar pattern to those of other cultivars such as Sri Lanka mangoes and Philippine mango but far from Indian mangoes. Nam Dorkmai cultivar having β-caryophyllene as the main volatile showed a unique compositional pattern of volatiles.